World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William Lowell Gibson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Barbourville, Kentucky
Honored By
Ms. Florence G. Gullett
Relationship
Sister
4TH ARMY DIVISION, 2ND ARMORED, 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT FROM 1941 TO 1945. HE WON MEDALS FOR THE 1944 NORMANDY INVASION AND THE BATTLE OF EUROPE FROM D-DAY TO V-E DAY. ALSO FOR THE HUERTGEN FOREST, THE RHINELAND AND BASTOGNE. INJURED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE; HE WAS SHOT THROUGH THE KNEE. HE AND THE MEN UNDER HIM WERE CAPTURED FOR A WHILE BUT HE LED THEM ALL TO SAFETY.